The Newtown bee., 1887-12-30
BRIDGEPORT.
Nylen, who robbed the post office oi $705, was caught at Louisville.

BRIDGEPORT.
 Nylen, who robbed the post office of $705, was caught at Louisville.
 William H. Barnum of Lime Rock, erst- while president of the Housatonic road, IS turning his attention to the Hartford ana Connecticut Western road, of which he is director and vice president. While the Housatonic is preparing to cut oH the Con- solidateds revenues by sending freight via Danbury and Norwalk division and Wilson's Point (this will commence Janu- ary 9, Mir Barnum IS sending the pro- ducts of the furnaces and mills owned by him at Lime Rock, Canaan and vicinity over the Connecticut Western, thus de- creasing the Housatonics freight receipts. MT Barnum owns and controls large man. featuring interests near both roads.
 The News says that, including lawyers fees and experts charges, the cost to the town in the memorable High School case must have reached $l2,O00 or $14.00O, of which Builder George Turney got only S21sO, while nearly $S000 disappears, like pebble in well. into the capacious pock- cts of the lawyers MT Turney, who sued for $3O, ,000, proved in court that he had an honest claim to be paid for extra work done on the building, most of which was ordered by Nathaniel Wheeler of the building committee. The $2180 decision was appealed from, but was upheld. Had the case been settled by arbitration. it probably would have cost but little more and the money would have been received by the man who earned it.
 Arthur W. French has taken position prsI for ho hail A6 vertiser.
 The Rosedale omitted her usual trip Monday and will stay at home. next Mon- day, January ?.
 George Eckart has returned to his home 1 in this city. He went to Bellevae hospit- al, New York, where tuner was remov- ed from the brain. He says he is in good health now, save for extreme weakness. | Travis Swan, the patriarchal old ex. pressman and mail carrier, whose resem. blance to the ideal pictures of Santa Clau, l is striking, has been confined to his house with nervous prostration.
 L. L. Loomer & Sons are nicely started in their branch corset factory. Nearly all of the employees belong in Bridgeport but instructors have been sent down from the main shop at Birmingham.
 The Bridgeport Brass Go. are at work on big order for dynamo machines which go all the way to Africa. Int Forge Go. has turned out a monster shaft for one of New York's ocean steamers | Bridgeport beats the world on everything
 Frank Bannon of East Bridgeport, who went to New York to have a tumor remov ed from his brain, died there, last week
 The Gem rink, mounted on rollers, trav 1 eled down Housatonic avenue on it's way to the new location at Lumber street Henry Botsford and genial Ike Tayloi guarded it's movements.
 Always glad to have people appreciat, ! the BEE, but when they evince the habi of borrowing friends copy before tht owner has seen it and then forget tc return it, patience and forbearance cease to be virtues.
 The Standards West End Man make! this remarkable statement: The latest re port is that the New York, New Haven i and Hartford railroad shops are to be re moved from New Haven and located neal the Gentlemen's Driving Park, where { | force or 4U WOrKU6n are HOW uiilDg III bu' creek, etc. If that story should be true, ; big boom would be given to that part O the city. It is a fact that some big enter prise is to be located there and that thu water front is being prepared for exten siye dock facilities.
 J. A. Joyce has sued the town for $500 his charge for services in the Turney case
 Died, 23d, Isaac Edwards of 21 Georg street, 73.
 Stoddard lectures: January 5, Travel in Sunny Spain;' 12th, Julius Cesar; 18th. "Splendors of the Pyrenees;" 26th Lord Byron;" February 2, Constant nople. Rev R. G. $. McNellles stereop ticon lectures on the Holy Land: Januar. 24, "The South Country" 31st. "Encamp ing Without the Walls;" February 3 Bethel to Baalbec.'
 The case of the United States agains James $. Coles for dealing in illicit eide brandy has been put over to the Februar, term of court to be held at New Haven A man in the suburbs has pair of oxel that he has been feeding for some time which are partly fat He says that bee is so extremely low and corn to the con trary. he is considering whether, by sell ing one. it would bring enough to bu. meal sufficient to make the other fat.